What’s on

AtlanTec

AtlanTec is a free annual celebration of tech which will mark its 8^th year and is organised by Innovation Technology AtlanTec Gateway (itag), a non-profit cluster of technology companies  along the AtlanTec Way.  This year’s festival will be themed, ‘The Art of Digital Acceleration’, reflecting the unrelenting disruptive change which is the reality of business today. The festival will run on a hybrid basis, both in person and virtually across the five days.

Among the speakers will be Charles Leadbeater, author and leading authority on innovation and creativity; Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, consultant focusing on climate change, ethics and the Internet of Things and the ethical hacker Freaky Clown.

Other contributors to the festival include:

• Jon’a Joiner, Genesys, USA
• Conor McGann, Plenty
• Larry Breen, NearForm
• Paul Delahunty, Stryve Secure
• Clare Dillon, InnerSource Commons Foundation
• Dr. Jane Wall, NUI Galway

For more information visit www.atlantec.ie.

Data Edge seminar: Timing & 5G Connect Forum

9:15am – 4pm
The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Dublin

Data Edge, Ireland’s leading Network Synchronisation/Timing & 5G Testing specialists, will host a free seminar on the latest developments in 5G, particularly in relation to timing and synchronisation.

Attendees will get an overview of the strategic outlook for 5G, IoT, service assurance, automation, and managed solutions. Industry experts, including Data Edge’s CEO Paul Phelan, will outline the value of timing, testing and assurance as well as discussing 5G use case scenarios.

For more information and to register for the event, visit: https://dataedge.ie/spirent-connect-forum-registration

Certificate in Emerging Digital Technologies

Online

The last 12  months has seen a rapid acceptance of technology as a key enabler for businesses to survive and scale. The challenge faced by the majority of decision makers is attempting to understand which of the technologies will beneficially impact their business and deliver value to their bottom line.

The Certificate in Digital Emerging Technologies gives students a better understanding of new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and cyber security, amongst others, to empower you to make better business decisions while adding new knowledge to your individual learning portfolio.

The course is taught over one semester and is delivered completely online through both synchronous and asynchronous directed activities using state-of-the-art technologies and teaching techniques to support the virtual classroom. Asynchronous directed activities consist of short videos, recommended reading and tutorial exercises. Students are expected to engage with this content each week before their live class to build an understanding and to prompt questions.

For more information visit https://www.ictskillnet.ie/training/foundations-certificate-in-artificial-intelligence/

Techfest

Clayton Hotel, Cork

Tech Excellence Awards – 2022

Citywest Hotel, Dublin

Celebrating its 20th year, the Awards recognises the companies, individuals and teams who deliver innovative solutions, foster talent and forge new partnerships. The black tie gala event takes place 26 May 2022 at the Citywest Hotel, Dublin.

If you haven’t entered yet, take a look at the categories and enter the awards event that recognises and celebrates the stars of the tech sector.

For more info and to see how you can get involved click here

Code for Ethics

Trinity College Dublin

The first Code for Ethics conference in Ireland will be a one-day event featuring a series of keynote speakers with experience across all aspects of open source and open data projects.

For more information visit Code for Ethics website and keep track for updates on social media via LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

To attend please e-mail barrie@codeforethics.org

UXDX EMEA

RDS, Dublin

UXDX EMEA helps companies shift from projects to product teams. We bring together Product, UX, Design and Dev to learn the latest practices, methods and tools for high-performing cross-functional product teams. We focus on t-shaped skills, actionable case studies and support using the UXDX Model because it takes a full team to build amazing products.

For more information visit https://uxdx.com/emea/2022

Sustainability in Creative Industries

Online

The first edition of the international conference on Envision will work towards studying several aspect that influence the sustainable growth in creative industry by using sustainable development goals (SDG).

This multi-disciplinary conference aims to encourage ideas for sustainable development in the creative industry by emphasising the SDG, such as the SDG application in creative industries, the contributions of creative industry to achieve SDG, and the post-pandemic recovery strategies in this uncertain condition. It is expected that this conference will generate state-of-the-art insights to the creative industry players through exchange of knowledge with the experts in facing this uncertain condition.

For more information visit https://bit.ly/3n8DeYg